The Box Man
by Kobo Abe
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0865474613
- ISBN 13
- 9780865474611
- Seller
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Not a library copy. North Point Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Third Printing, 1996. Book has owner's name neatly to front flyleaf page, pencil notes to last 3 blank pages, o/w this is in nice overall condition w/ no writing or highlighting to text. Please allow 4-8 business days for delivery.
Synopsis
Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. In 1948 he receiveved a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University, but he never practiced medicine. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country’s foremost living novelist, and was also widely known as a dramatist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include The Woman in the Dunes, Kangaroo Notebook, The Ark Sakura, The Face of Another, The Box Man, and Secret Rendezvous.
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- Bookseller
- Alexia Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144
- Title
- The Box Man
- Author
- Kobo Abe
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0865474613
- ISBN 13
- 9780865474611
- Publisher
- North Point Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 178 pgs
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